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Originally launched in 2004, Google Apps for Work is a suite of cloud computing (productivity and collaboration) software tools offered on a subscription basis. Aside from being the most popular web service in the world, according to Google there are nine million people using Gmail (May, 2015).
Google for Work is separated into four categories - communication (Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar), store (Google Drive), collaborate (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides, Sites)and manage (Admin and Vault).
Google Apps for Work includes:
- Gmail
- Google+
- Google Hangouts
- Google Calendar
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Google Drive
- Google Vault
Each of these services are available free but to in order to get extra features (like an email address registered at your domain, or extra storage for documents and email) you will be charged a fee.
Business benefits of a paid account - 24/7hr support, 30G storage, email registered to domain name.
Drive
Google Drive is a central location that stores each document created. This is a great place to create, share, collaborate on and keep all of your work. The main benefits of Google Drive is that a user may upload any type of file to the cloud, share with others or access from any computer or smartphone.
Pricing
One may get a free 30 day trial (for ten users max), and after the trial choose to opt in to a yearly plan ($50 a user annually) or monthly (ends up being $60 a user annually).
Privacy
Data is stored in Google’s data centers but access is limited for Google personnel. You may take all of your data after you migrate off of Google Apps, as well - each file uploaded and email sent is encrypted.
Google for Work allows you to work on the go. Being able to access documents at anytime, as well as collaborate on a live document from different geographical locations will be very beneficial for your business.
